Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography
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Introduction:
Global projects have members on the team who are from various different cultural
and organizations, and these members are all in different countries, speak different languages
and have different time zones. Managing these three dimensions will result in successful
management of the team, and ensure that the product of the team is of high quality.
Alami, A., (2016). Global project management challenges. PM World Journal, 5, pp.1-
15.
 The author has published many articles on the topic of management and is
affiliated with the University of Copenhagen.
 This article has only been cited once.
 The research finds that using traditional methods of implementing projects on
teams is not going to be appropriate when the same situation is for a global
projects.
 This article is intended for organizational executives who are looking to expand
their company operations and willing to incorporate global projects, it will be
helpful for them to find out beforehand what challenges they could face in order to
be better prepared for it in the future. It is an original concept, and not a literature
review.
Hartio, M., (2017). Managing complexity in global IT projects.
 Mika Hartio, the author, has a Masters’ degree in Information Systems Science
and works as an ERP functional consultant, his immense passion towards
organizational science supports the authenticity of the article.
 This research article focuses on the complexity that arises from global projects,
and unlike the article above, focuses on an IT global project.

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 The author then delves deeper into the managing tactics that can be used when
dealing with these complexities, and linking it to the various complexity theories.
 This research provides more in depth knowledge into managing complex global
projects, and which dimensions that organizations should focus on in order for
them to get more effective results.
 This study is a literature review.
Nassif, J., (2017). The Role of Project Leadership in Global Multicultural Project
Success.
 The author Jamal Nassif writes this paper as a part of his MBA studies from
Purdue University which means that the findings from this report are highly
reliable. This paper is a literature review.
 The purpose of this study is to highlight the important of leadership in generating
successful outcomes of global projects.
 This paper further highlights the difficulties and challenges that project leaders
face in managing a multicultural team handling a global project. Unlike the other
articles, this one is specific to another type of industry which is getting a lot of
international attention, and in which having global teams will become a necessity.
 This paper is intended to help company executives that have a more global reach,
and for them to be able to plan their next step according to the information
available from this research.